Jonathan moores



(No Model.)

J.. MOORES.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING HAT BRIMS.

No. 450,889. Patented Apr. 21, 1891.

l'miywr QEMZan M00766? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JONATHAN MOORES, OF DENTON, NEAR MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING HAT-BRIMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,889, dated April21, 1891.

Application filed June 14, 1888. Renewed April 25, 1890. Serial No.349,578. (No model.) P ented in England April 28, 1 No. 6,217.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JONATHAN MooREs, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Denton, near Manchester, in the county ofLancaster, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement inApparatus for Heating Hat-Brims, (for which I have obtained LettersPatent in Great Britain and Ireland, No. 6,217, dated April 28, 1887,)of which the following is a f ull,clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for heating the under side of hatbrimsfor the purpose of curling and setting the same; and the purpose thereofis to provide means whereby the hat-brim may be heated without danger ofscorching and burning the same, and whereby the process of curling andsetting may be conveniently and expeditiously carried out.

To this end the invention consists in the several novel features ofconstruction and new combination of parts hereinafter fully set forth,and specifically pointed out and defined in the claim following thisspecification.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofan apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central verticalsection of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.Fig. i is a plan View of the same, the top plate being removed.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 denotes a circulardisk-shaped vessel, preferably composed of cast metal, and forming thebase of the apparatus, said vessel being mounted upon suitable legs orbrackets 2. Upon said base is mounted the top plate 3, which may also becomposed of cast metal. The plate 3 is provided with a central orifice4, from the edge of which the flange 5 depends, its lower edge extendingto a point in or nearly in the plane of the bottom 6 of thebase-plate 1. At suitable intervals in the vertical edge or flange ofthe top plate 3 are formed air-openings 7, and slots or channels 7 mayalso be formed at intervals in the edge of the flange which rests uponthe perimeter of the base-plate 1. Arranged within the annular spacelying between the perimeter of the base-plate and the depending flange 5is a circular tube 8, having slits 9 at frequent intervals. This tube isconnected in any suitable manner to a gas-supply pipe 10, and forms inconnection therewith a Bunsen burner, in which the combustible elementis preferably air and gas mingled together. Upon the exterior surface ofthe top plate 3 I lay a coating or stratum 12, formed of asbestos orother non-combustible material. By the construction shown the heatgenerated by the Bunsen burner can be regulated with great nicety, theproducts of combustion passing out of the interior space laterallythrough the apertures 7 or 7, or through both.

It is found in practice that the asbestus becomes heated suliicientlyfor the purposes specified without danger of injury either to the layer12 or to the hat-brim laid thereon. The hat may thus be laid thereonwith the crown or body uppermost and left with the under side of thebrim in contact with the hatplate until the operator is ready to removeit to subject it to the process of curling and setting.

Having thus described my invention, wl1at I claim is- Theherein-described apparatus for heating hat-brims preparatory to curlingand setting the same, said apparatus consisting of the cylindrical base1, the top plate 3, provided with lateral orifices 7 and having in itstop an opening 4, from which depends a cylindrical flange 5, theheating-tube S, inclosed in the cylindrical base and provided withopenings 9, and a covering 12,01": asbcstus or non-inflammable material,on top of the top plate, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JONATHAN MOORES. lVitnesses:

JOHN G. WILsON, WALTER GUNN.

